On the sixth of October our school participated in the
CBSE Cluster – U-17 Volleyball Competition 2018-19. On arriving at the venue,
Shri Swaminarayan Mission School, we were informed that our match was the first
in the tournament. But to our disappointment, our opponents, had been unable to
arrive on time leading to a delay. Finally, when the match took place, we were
able to extract an easy win by 2-0. Our next match was against Shree Satya Sai
School. Unfortunately, the match was in the afternoon’s scorching heat. Due to
this, the game turned out to be a test of our perseverance and stamina. In the
end, the game fell in our favour and we secured victory by 2-0. This concluded
the play for the day.

On the next day, we arrived confidently supported by
our previous wins. For our next match, we were up against Divine Child High School.
Due to our in-form gameplay and confident and zealous disposition, we were able
to grab victory in straight sets, propelling us to the semi-finals. In the
semi-finals, we faced Bright International School. The rising competitiveness
enforced us to up our game. The semi-finals were exhilarating and
breath-taking. We managed to gain a 2-0 advantage in the beginning but our
opponents rejuvenated their gameplay causing our confidence to falter resulting
in them taking the set averaging the score by 2-1. Our hopes began to shatter
but then our enthusiastic coach Ritesh Sir took the initiative of revitalizing
our motivation. Back in the game with charged mind-sets, we stole the next set
from the claws of defeat, snatched triumph with a final score of 3-1 projecting
us straight to the finals. Unfortunately, we couldn’t give our best in the
finals and ended as the silver medallists and the runners up of the year.

In the past, our school team had managed to repeatedly
win bronze. But this time around, with the grace of our founding father, Param
Pujya Hariprasadswamiji and by the immeasurable hard work, dedication and
sincere efforts of our coach Ritesh Sir and support staff, we were able to take
it up a notch. Our team would like to dedicate this achievement to all those
who have laboured behind us day and night to make this possible.